If you’re looking to save some money at home, one of the easiest ways to do it is to look on YouTube.

There are thousands, maybe even hundreds of thousands, of videos out there that teach you how to improve your home on a budget. These could be through some general advice, or some easy DIY tricks to save you hiring a professional.

Many of these videos are duplicates, time wasters, and plain suck. So I’ve grabbed the best few for you and compiled them into this easy to consume post. Take a look:

Make your own fabric softener

This video shows you 3 easy ingredients you can put together to create your own fabric softener and save yourself spending a fortune annually on buying in fancy brand names.

For Ladies Only: Trim your hair at home

My fiance said that I should be very clear that guys should under no circumstances do this, but for girls, it’s perfectly fine to give your hair a trim at home. It’ll save you a bit of money and it’s rather simple to do. Check out this video to find out how.

Tint your windows

This is pretty cool, but I’ve never tried it because we have blinds. It basically saves you the need of spending hundreds of dollars on a blind or curtain. Instead you just tint the window to stop so much sunlight getting through, just like how sunglasses work.

You can also get magic (sticky) blackout rolls for this, again, not tried them – just seen them around.

Home made air conditioner?

I would never try this, but I just thought it was cool to see how it could be done if you wanted to. I’ll just stick to paying for a real air conditioner though!

Live in a smaller house

This is a cool video about a family that live in a 168sqft house, sound impossible? Not for them. This video does not show you how to live in a smaller house, if you want to try this, you’ll just need to experience it for yourself. But it does show how their family does it and may inspire you to downsize your property, at least a little bit.

So there you have it, my favourite 5 YouTube videos on saving money in your home. What do you think? Is there any particular videos you really love or have you tried any of the techniques shared in these videos?

If you’re as non-technical as me, you probably have no idea what half of the things in this infographic mean. Nonetheless, we’ll just roll with it, haha.

It is basically just a few cool sources of green energy that may be utilised further in the future.

I don’t know much about green energy. I drive a BMW, and love the roar of a V8 engine, so I’m not the best example of this. But I do understand we need to be more efficient with our energy, and things like this are a great way of actually saving money.

So with that said, take a look at the infographic below:

InStep Nano Power sounds very cool, nothing like walking powering things. Now if more people would just turn off their engines and go for a walk.

I came across this cool video on YouTube the other day, it shares 7 easy ways to start saving money at home with gadgets. Yeah, no kidding, you can actually save money by buying cool things. Every guys dream.

Watch the video below or scroll down for my recap:

The 7 gadgets that can save you money and cost less than $100 each (approx £60):

Home Workout DVD’s – Who needs a gym membership when you can do it in the comfort of your home

Rechargeable Batteries – An obvious one here that we should all think about using, my keyboard batteries are almost dead, I should have listened to this earlier!

iPhone Docking Station – Turn your phone into a loud music player, alarm clock, and more with a docking station

External Harddrive – You need to backup one way or other and this is a cheap long term way

PC Blue Ray Drive – Even today, blue ray DVD players expensive, pick one of these up for less than $100 and save yourself some easy money

Creative Labs Vado Pocket Video Camera

Klean Kanteen – withstand any element and keep your water fresh to drink

Ok, so a few of these you don’t actually need, but they are pretty cool, and for less than $100… why not right?

Let me know in the comments if you have any other ideas for saving money at home with gadgets.

Just because it looks great doesn’t mean it was expensive!

At The Price is Right we are huge fans of the old TV show and decided to create this website to continue its legacy.

On this blog we help people improve their homes on the cheap, it's not quite like winning it on a gameshow, but it's about the best we can do!

You'll find DIY ideas, lower cost alternatives... and don't even worry about the quality, we only care about viable alternatives to save money, not cheap tacky solutions. When your friends and family visit, they'll have no clue.

Have a good look through the blog and contact us if you have any extra tips or need some friendly advice.